ATV is Useless Product of the Year
Image: Seppo Nykänen
The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation has selected four-wheel all-terrain vehicles, or ATV's, for its annual useless product award. It says there are over 30,000 such vehicles in Finland. Their small particle emissions are fifty times greater than that of the average automobile. Wheel buggies also leave damaging tracks.
A total of 333 suggestions for the annual award were made by 500 people. Digital TV set-top boxes received a total of 75 votes.
The annual useless product award has now been selected for the eighth consecutive year. Among the products are drinkable yogurts, city jeeps and leaf blowers.
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